Bale-tie.



No.72b,644. PATENTBD FBB.17,1903.

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BALE TIE. APPLIOATIOK FILED MAR. 9, 1898.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFTCE.

SAMUEL J. WEBB, OF MINDEN, LOUISIANA.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFLIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 720,644, dated.February 1'7, 1903.

Application filed March 9, 1898.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAM EL J. WEBB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minden, in the parish of Webster and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling Cotton, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is the common practice in baling cotton to first make aplantation-bale approximately about forty-eight inches in height and tosecure this by means of bands each consisting of a long strip of metalpassed around the bale while the latter is in the plantation-press, theends being pushed through the grooves in the platens and then beingconnected together at one side by asuitable tie or fastening. When thebales so prepared are brought to the compress or flattening-press, thebands are taken off, the bale compressed, and then other bands are putupon the bale by passing the ends through the grooves in the platens andsecuring them together at one side of the bale or when the bale iscompressed with the bands on the loops formed in the bands are cut away;These operations are attended with certain objections, among others withloss of labor, time, and material, which I avoid by the meanshereinafter fully set forth, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a plantation-bale handedin accordance with my improvement. Fig. 2 is an end view of the bale,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view illustrating the position of the handsafter the plantation-bale has been compressed and before tightening thebands in carrying out my improvements. Fig. 4 is an end view of thecompressed bale. Fig. 5 is a face View of one section of the improvedbaling-band; Fig. 6, an edge view of the said section. Fig. 7 is a faceView of the other section; and Fig. 8 is an edge View, and Fig. 9 a planview, of the two sections of the band of a different construction fromthat shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7.

In carrying out my improvement I'make use of bands each of which is intwo sections F F. The section F is but little longer than the width ofthe top of the bale. Assuming the latter to be thirty inches, thesection F will be, say, thirty-six or thirty-eight inches in length,with fastening devices 0 O at its Serial No. 673,232. (No model.)

opposite ends. The section F is a straight strip of metal. After thebale has been compressed at the plantation the sections F are placedacross the top, and the sections F are carried beneath and up the sidesand secured by the fastening devices 0 O. pletes the baling at theplantation. When the bale is received at the press to be flattened, itis placed without removing the bands between the platensX X of thepress, which are then brought together until the bale is reduced to theproper thicknesssay eight inches. This results in causing the sideportions of the bands to swell out, as in Fig. 3. The ends of the stripsF are then seized and drawn through the fastening devices 0 0, when thelatter are of a character to permit this operation, until the bands aretight at the opposite sides or edges of the bale, and the surplusportions of the strips F are then cut away, leaving the bale; in theshape shown in Fig. 4, each band consisting of two united strips ofabout the same length. By this mode of baling I avoid the necessity ofmaking use of platens having grooves, which cut the cotton when the haloreceives its final compression. I also avoid the loss of time and laborincident to passing the various bands through the grooves after the balehas been compressed in the final press, and I also avoid the loss ofsuch portions of the bands as are cut off and wasted in the ordinarymethods of balingJ While by the above-described mode of operation theends of the strips or sections F are cut off after the bale has beencompressed, these are not Wasted, as they are of sufii'cient length tobe used in making the shorter sections F.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown the short section-F as provided withfastening devices 00 in the form of loops; but any suitable .fasteningsor ties may be used. In Fig. 8 I

show them in the form of hooks, in which case the strip 10 will have aseries of holes or slots therein.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown and described, I claim as my invention- 1. A bale-tiecomprising a short section having a fastening device at each end, and along section adapted to engage the fastening This comdevices of theshorter section, said sections being so proportioned in length that whenthe tie is secured on a plantation-bale the respective fastening deviceswill lie against opposite sides of the bale near the top or bottom edgesof the bale, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A bale tie comprising a short section having a loop at each end, anda long section the ends of which are adapted to be received into anddrawn through openings in the loops 1 of the short section, saidsections being so proportioned in length that when the tie is secured ona plantation-bale the respective loops will lie against opposite sidesof the bale near the top or bottom edges of the bale, substantially asand for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL J. WEBB. Witnesses:

W. CLARENCE DUVALL, PAUL W. STEVENS.

